is an award-winning singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. She has been a member of several influential British folk duos and groups and is acknowledged internationally as a major songwriter, with her work being covered by a wide range of artists and groups including Mary Black, Fairport Convention, Christine Collister and Mary Duff. Her music is often classified as English folk, but contains strong American influences. She was recently commissioned to write a series of songs for the Sony Award winning Radio Ballads series on BBC Radio 2. The latest songs in this series centred around the 2012 Olympic Games held in the UK and were broadcast in the Spring of that year. www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Matthews